February 19, 2009
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Air & Climate Newsletter February 19, 2009 |
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Clinton outlines plans for US-China climate talks
Disappointment over an apparent lack of progress at the latest round of informal UN-backed climate talks last week were tempered by the news US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is determined to begin work to break the deadlock between the US and China over emission targets on her trip to the country this week. Clinton, who arrived in Tokyo on her first international trip since taking up her post in Barack Obama`s administration, said that brokering a US-Sino climate change pack would be near the top of her agenda when she visits China later this week. Speaking at the Asia Society in New York ... |
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Road transport has biggest long-term impact on global warming, says EU
Emissions from transport affect the climate both in the short and long term. New research explored the size and mix of emissions with short and long-lived effects and found that road transport has the largest effect on global mean temperature. The study conducted under the EU-funded QUANTIFY project compared the effects of current emissions from road, air, rail and shipping. The study explored the effects of emissions from a single year over different time periods and found that emissions from road transport have the most impact in the long term (20-100 years). CO2 is the only GHG that remains ... |
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